“Up to this point, we’ve only been talking ‘rated R,’” says Tancharoen. “I like realistic takes on things, I like it when it’s a little darker and grittier. And I want the martial arts to feel real as opposed to balletic and super-choreographed. It needs to feel brutal, because that’s the nature of the video game itself.”

From the archives: Neil Patrick Harris, Fred Savage, Roseanne, and more sing in a cheesy 1990 ABC advertisement.

Aliens to Zombies Convention will take place at the Roosevelt Hotel from October 21-22nd, “a celebration of monsters and their creators.”